5 qualities that a ‘good’ teacher should have and give reasons for your choices. Which of these qualities do you consider to be more important‚ and why? 1. A good teacher should really love teaching. A good teacher should be motivated in his profession. 2. A good teacher is able to motivate learners. Students need to learn on there own (not only in the classroom). 3. A good teacher has a good knowledge of his/her subject. The teacher needs to know his subject in order to teach it
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Scaffolding as a Teaching Strategy Rachel R. Van Der Stuyf Adolescent Learning and Development Section 0500A - Fall 2002 November 17‚ 2002 I. Scaffolding as a Teaching Strategy – Definition and Description Scaffolding instruction as a teaching strategy originates from Lev Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory and his concept of the zone of proximal development (ZPD). “The zone of proximal development is the distance between what children can do by themselves and the next learning
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How you intend to develop yourself as an Adult Educator in view of the emerging WSQ issues and CET environment (e.g. older workforce‚ focus on training of PMETs): Write 3 SMART learning goals as part of your development plan. Explain why your learning goals are important. I intend to undertake a formal training program‚ such as this program DACE that I am going through now (and a few others)‚ to equip myself to be a more effective or wholesome trainer. One that can allow me to develop myself
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Case Study of a Learner The learner’s feelings towards group work‚ need for cognition‚ self efficacy‚ metacognitive awareness and the study process questionnaires show a strong link to the learner’s childhood and how they learn today. The learner had medium to high scores in their feelings towards group work and the need for cognition questionnaire which relates directly to the learner’s family situation. This is also evident in the self efficacy and metacognitive awareness questionnaires‚ where
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My results from the Teaching Perspectives Inventory (TPI) were not a total surprise‚ interestingly my results are concurrent with Collins et al (2010) findings of the majority of teachers‚ it great to be average. My most dominant perspective being nurturing‚ with apprenticeship‚ developmental and transmission following with very little difference between the scores. Social reform trailed in last place. When I explore these results in detail my overall scores fall in the mid thirties‚ with nurturing
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Running Head: TEACHING EXPERIENCE/REFLECTION PAPER Margaret Carter MAT 534 Teaching Experience In order to be a successful educator‚ it is important to reflect upon one’s teaching. This may include videotaping classes‚ being observed by a colleague‚ asking for help with a problem or finding new ways to teach a topic. Being a reflective teacher is something I have tried to be while student teaching and plan to continue working on. The activity that I performed with my group
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Being an effective learner In the journey of my life‚ I have been keeping striving to create success years. In my opinion‚ I think the most essential thing you have to do as the first step is to take a personal inventory about yourself after I have experienced failure and success‚ and then you make changes with motivation. For me‚ my goal is to be an effective learner. Hence‚ in order to be an effective learner‚ I should strengthen my strengths and improve my weaknesses by being modest about
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responsibility that one assumes when working in the profession of nursing‚ the question‚ (Roberts‚ 2011) “what is the relevance of this important concept (lifelong learning)‚ posed by Dottie Roberts‚ MSN in her editorial “Resolved to Be a Lifelong Learner”‚ there is no doubt in my mind that I too‚ have taken on the responsibility to continue to expand my knowledge base and skills as a professional nurse. Standard number 8 in the Standards of Professional Nursing Practice (ANA‚ 2010) states “the
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INTRODUCTION Teaching has become one of the most demanding occupations and teachers are being required to study and get the knowledge necessary to inter act and be clear with and to students. However teaching cannot be an accident and therefore who wants to teach must not only use the language but also know how to teach it. Many schools and institutions are getting any international certification which proves their organization and capacity to fulfill what they are offering‚ so it is mandatory
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Introduction……………………………………………………………3 II.Chapter I. Theoretical basics of teaching speaking pupils of junior form 1.1……… The most common difficulties in speaking and auding………….4 1.2……… Psychological characteristics of speech………………………….8 1.3………. Linguistic characteristics of speech…………………………… 10 1.4………. Prepared and unprepared speech……………………………….12 1.5………. Mistakes and how to correct them……………………………..14 Chapter II. Speaking in teaching practice
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